Gun control live blog

In this photo made with a fisheye lens, customers line up at the gun counter at Duke's Sport Shop on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, in New Castle, Pa. President Barack Obama is expected to announce measures Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, on a broad effort to reduce gun violence that will include proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines as well as more than a dozen executive orders aimed at circumventing congressional opposition to stricter gun control. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will formally unveil their plans to reduce gun violence at a White House event beginning at 11:45 a.m., Wednesday. Below is a live blog about gun control and the announcement.